SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

Well I'm taking a break in my little catch up posts to make a little post about well the "beautiful in its own special way" weather we have been having lately. Yes we were very fortunate to have a White Christmas this year, which I will talk more about that later :) I love the snow! Don't particularly like to drive in it or shovel it but I love it still the same, its so pretty and magcial I think. It makes me happy and well I love taking pictures of it! :-)

This was taken from the storm we got around the 16th of December
As you can see we never got all the apples picked from our trees but I think it makes the picture look extra cool, adds a little color :-)
My arms are getting sore from helping my dad shovel the driveway so many times, love that!

Christmas Concert

On December 8th my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and my cousin Mitchell and I went to the Kurt Bestor Christmas Concert at UVU. It was so good, we have gone for the past three years now and so enjoy it everytime!

It was really dark in there so the pictures didn't turn out so good but as you can see we were pretty close to the stage!

Ya so thanks to my cousin Mitch for coming with me and being my date at the last minute! He doesn't look like he's having too much fun in this picture but that's not the case at all. I snapped this before he could pose and well as he described it in his own words, "It was Tight" which ya can't better than that :-)

Goodbye Allens...

So December 6th was the big day, the day I said goodbye to my second job after two years of working two! I am now officially back to just being a Dental Assistant. I came in that day and there on my checkstand, good ole' #2, was some balloons, a card and a little gift. It was such a fun surprise and well it meant a lot to me that all my coworkers had signed the card! It was a little sad but the happiness and freedom I felt far outweighed the sadness, that's for sure! I am grateful for my time there and the wonderful friends I made and customers I met. I will always remember all the good times from my Allens days! :-)

Gingerbread House Heaven

At the Festival of Trees they also had incredible Gingerbread Houses people had made that were for sale and all proceeds go to Primary Children's Hospital. They were so amazing and fun to look at... the time and effort that went into these... ya AMAZING!

This castle was fantastic, I wonder how long it took to make?

This was a Twilight one of Bella's house with Edward in the tree and Bella's truck is off to the side of the house.

I just thought this one was really pretty!

There were so many different kinds, people are so creative!

This one was called "The Highway Man"

Festival Of Trees

Back on December 3rd my parents and my friend Toni and her little boy James and I went up to the Festival Of Trees in Draper. Every year they hold this event in which people donate decorated trees for people to buy and then all the proceeds go to Primary Children's hospital! It is such a great cause and so fun to go and look at all the different creatively decorated trees!

The Twilight Tree: this was Toni and I's favorite of course :-)

Good Ole' Thomas The Train: I know several little boys who would love this one!

Now this tree should definitely win an award for creativity, all made out of golf clubs and with a big shiny red golf ball sitting a top a tee for the topper!

James liked looking at all the trees, but we wore him out after awhile. He was one tired little guy by the end of the night.

I thought this snowman tree was really cute. I loved the snowflakes on it!

Catch up!

Well seeing as how the last post I have on here was of Thanksgiving I have a little catching up to do, like all the happenings of the month of December!

A Tree For Cindi

So I went shopping at the after Thanksgiving sales and got this prelit tree at Walmart for 25$ Then the next day I took it up to my cousin Cindi's apartment and surprised her, my mom and I got the decorations for it and yes we even found purple ornaments (Cindi's absolute favorite color), it was so fun seeing the joy in her face that this simple little surprise brought to her!

This picture says it all! I'm so glad you love your purple tree, Cindi :-)

Happy Thanksgiving

So it was another wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's this year...I am so thankful for such a special Grandmother who takes such good care of her family!

So my cousin Brandon, who is 3,could not wait for dinner, he was the first one at the table and sneaking food off of it before the blessing was said and when no one was looking, but I caught him in the act! All he could say was "Tami you sitting by me for dinner" and I responded with "Of Course!" :-)The fam sitting at the long table getting ready to eat

The yummy fantastic food!

It was Alicia's birthday this year on Thanksgiving so her and Michael went to her families this year but they came over later on that night to spend a little time with us and for her to open her birthday presents

Primary Program

We had the Primary Program in my ward back on November 23rd and well I was so proud of my kids, they had all their parts memorized completely! The theme this year was I Am A Child of God so they had all the kids draw pictures of themselves to put on the programs. So cute! We have this one little girl in our primary who is absolutely amazing, this girl can sing let me tell you! Her name is Anna and she is eight years old but she has the talent of years and years of experience in her little powerful voice. She sang the first and last verses of I Am A Child Of God, solo into the microphone and well I don't think there was very many dry eyes in the audience, I know I had tears streaming down my cheeks and goosebumps all over my arms. So beautiful and such a talented little girl! It was a very spiritual meeting and one I will never forget! I am so grateful for my calling and absolutely love it!